Contents of the Reschedule Consultant Assignments Dialog Box

Use the Reschedule Consultant Assignments dialog box to change the date ranges of consultant assignments in the plan.

Contents

Field	Description
Consultant Type and Plan Structure Branch	The consultant type and the path through the project work breakdown structure (WBS) to the level of the consultant display in the upper-left corner of the dialog box.
Shift	Select this option to push the assignment date range forward or backward but keep the same number of working days between the start and end dates. When you shift date ranges, Vantagepoint keeps the same distribution pattern for planned values.
Change Duration	Select this option to lengthen or shorten the assignment date range. When you change the duration of consultant assignment dates, Vantagepoint verifies that the new assignment date range is completely within the applicable plan date range. If the new assignment start and end dates fall outside of the plan dates of the parent row, Vantagepoint prompts you to confirm whether you want to adjust the plan dates to keep the assignment date changes. The following options display when the setting to plan consultants in calendar periods is enabled for the project: Select Distribute Amounts Evenly to spread the affected planned consultant amounts to working days in the calendar period columns within the new assignment date range. Select Don't Redistribute Amounts to keep the current distribution of the planned consultant amounts.
From This Assignment Date Range	These fields display the current assignment start and end dates. If this dialog box displays because you changed a start or end date in the planning grid, or if you selected the Change Duration option, you cannot change these dates. However, if you clicked to display this dialog box and you selected Shift, you can do either of the following: Leave the dates unchanged. The entire date range will be rescheduled. Change one or both of these dates. Only that part of the original date range will be rescheduled. The dates that you select cannot be outside of the original date range.
To This Assignment Date Range	Enter the new assignment date range for the row. If you selected the Shift option, you select either a new start or end date, and Vantagepoint determines the other date needed to keep the same number of working days in the range. (If you entered a new start or end date in the planning grid before you displayed this dialog box, that date displays by default, and Vantagepoint calculates the other date. If you did not enter one of the dates in the planning grid before you displayed this dialog box, you enter the new start date, and Vantagepoint calculates the end date.) If you selected the Change Duration option, you select both the start and end dates for the range.

Buttons

Field	Description
Reschedule	To start the rescheduling process, click Reschedule. When you reschedule assignment dates, Vantagepoint does the following: Verifies that the new assignment date ranges are completely within the plan date ranges. If not, a message displays asking if you want to update the plan dates to include the new assignment date ranges. Automatically distributes planned amounts if you do not plan consultants in calendar periods for the project. If you plan consultants in calendar periods, Vantagepoint either keeps the current distribution of the planned consultant amounts or distributes the amounts evenly to working days in the calendar period columns within the new assignment date range. If amounts are moved to a date range in which the assignment already has planned amounts, the rescheduled amounts are distributed proportionally across that date range, based on the distribution of the preexisting planned amounts.
Cancel	To close the dialog box without rescheduling, click this option.